duffmahoney
Found some matches.
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2015
- Location
- Orlando
Real name is Michael - 31 years old - started taking smoking and bbq more serious about 2-3 years ago and its become what I look forward too after my Monday morning meetings at work. I think i've really developed a passion for bbq and learning and creating my own flavors and tastes. This is a pretty massive forum with a great following and im looking forward to learning and sharing, i think thats the main reason why I joined, the respect, help and encouragement from the members.
Started smoking on a regular weber kettle, it was fun, but kind of a let down at times as i felt i was really just grilling the meat and not actually getting some good smoke into it to cook it. But, it was good to learn and started me on my way. The pain in the a** part/fun part was learning how to control the temperature on those and trying to figure out the perfect setup on the grill. After a few times, i got the hang of it.
Then i moved into an apartment, bad idea. My grill and bbq days were over for a year as I couldnt have open flames out on the patio area. So - i bought an electric grill and an electric smoker to keep me occupied. Hated both. Grill actually caught on fire, fire extinguisher, was a mess. Never again.
I recently moved back into a place that would allow it and bought myself an offset vertical smoker. I've read mixed reviews on buying one and especially on amazing ribs about how its going to turn you away from BBQ and to do something else, i completely disagree. The best part for me is controlling the fire, temperature and smoke output. Plus, the overall smell of doing it this way. The smoker is the Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical - relatively cheap smoker (on sale for $250.00) and I read up on others that have purchased it and knew I needed to make some modifications, again, thats part of the fun for me. I think i needed to start there before making a big money purchase and who knows, maybe i'll prefer this one better.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to being a part of the community, cheers!
Started smoking on a regular weber kettle, it was fun, but kind of a let down at times as i felt i was really just grilling the meat and not actually getting some good smoke into it to cook it. But, it was good to learn and started me on my way. The pain in the a** part/fun part was learning how to control the temperature on those and trying to figure out the perfect setup on the grill. After a few times, i got the hang of it.
Then i moved into an apartment, bad idea. My grill and bbq days were over for a year as I couldnt have open flames out on the patio area. So - i bought an electric grill and an electric smoker to keep me occupied. Hated both. Grill actually caught on fire, fire extinguisher, was a mess. Never again.
I recently moved back into a place that would allow it and bought myself an offset vertical smoker. I've read mixed reviews on buying one and especially on amazing ribs about how its going to turn you away from BBQ and to do something else, i completely disagree. The best part for me is controlling the fire, temperature and smoke output. Plus, the overall smell of doing it this way. The smoker is the Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical - relatively cheap smoker (on sale for $250.00) and I read up on others that have purchased it and knew I needed to make some modifications, again, thats part of the fun for me. I think i needed to start there before making a big money purchase and who knows, maybe i'll prefer this one better.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to being a part of the community, cheers!
